smorzando
Definition of the Italian term smorzando in music:
- extinguishing, dying away, getting softer
Language
Italian
Abbreviation
smorz.
Musical examples
Music scores that include smorzando:
- Bedřich Smetana: 6 Album Leaves (1850) Page 2
- Ernesto Nazareth: Pássaros em festa (1920) Page 2
- Franz Liszt: Consolations (1849–50) Page 2
- Franz Liszt: La Campanella (1851) Page 6
- Franz Liszt: Liebesträume (1850) Page 1
- Friedrich Kuhlau: 3 Rondolettos (1831) Page 2
- Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 (1835) Page 4
- Frédéric Chopin: Etude in E major (1829‑32) Page 4
- Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major (1830‑1831) Page 2
- Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 2
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to smorzando:
- estinguendo – dying out, extinguishing
- estinguendosi – dying out, extinguishing
- smorzato – extinguished, dying away, getting softer
- spegnendosi – extinguish, die away
- spegnere – turn off...